Sprinkler



y 5, 1931; G; E. w. ECK 1,804,001

SPRINKLER Filed Aug. 9, 192

Patented May 5, 1931 UNETED STATES GUY E. W. EOK, OF MANITOWOG, WISCONSIN SPRINKLER Application filed August 9, 1926. Serial No..128,054.

This invention relates to sprinklers.

In sprinklers as heretofore constructed, it has been difficult to reposition the hose and sprinkler without getting wet, and further the sprinklers as heretofore constructed, have been relatively expensive.

Objects of this invention are to provide a sprinkler which may be easily repositioned while it is in actual operation without wetting the operator, and which will project the entire spray outwardly and upwardly from the sprinkler, so that there is no danger of the waters falling upon the operator while he is moving the sprinkler into a new position.

Further objects are to provide a very simple type of sprinkler which may be cheaply manufactured, but which, nevertheless, is highly eflicient in operation and will produce a thoroughly distributed spray in a fine mist-like formation.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front View of one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of the front end of the sprinkler, such view being partly broken away to more clearly show the construction.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, it will be seen that the sprinkler comprises a tubular body portion 1 which is supported by a pair of outwardly extending curved legs 2, terminating in rounded feet 8, adapted to rest upon the ground. The rear portion of the body 1 is provided with an enlargement 4 internally threaded, as indicated at 5, and adapted to receive a washer and the end of the hose.

The body portion 1 preferably tapers forwardly and has a horizontal wall 6 and a vertical wall 7 which meet and form a,- proximately a right angle with each other. These walls close the front end of the sprinkler and it is to be noted further from Figure 2, that the bottom portion of the body is upwardly curved, as indicated at 8, so as to direct this portion of the flowing stream of water upwardly towards the horizontal wall 6. The horizontal wall 6 is provided with a vertical aperture 9, and the vertical wall 7 is provided with a horizontal aperture 10.

In the operation of the device, the water, passes outwardly through the horizontal aperture 10, and upwardly through the vertical aperture 9. These two flowing streams of water encounter each other and cause the discharged water to spread into a fine mist and produce a fan-like formation. It will be noted particularly in Figure 2, that above the horizontal aperture 10 there is a sub stantially arcuate portion projecting out over the aperture 10 and directly above aper ture 9 which, when the streams meet, and produce a fan-like formation, the spray from the formation will be directed forwardly of the nozzle and thus permit anyone to approach the nozzle from the rear without receiving any of the spray from the nozzle.

It is to be particularly noted that these devices may be most'cheaply manufactured as they are formed of a single integral body portion and may, consequently, be cast with the utmost ease. Further, the tapered hollow interior of the body portion permits the ready coring thereof. It is to be noted further that the parts are so constructed that the pattern may be readily withdrawn from a mould, and that the casting may be very easily accomplished.

When it is considered that the device is a single piece with scarcely any machine work, it will be readily understood that it may be sold with the utmost cheapness. Obviously, all machine work could be dispensed with, and the device could be die cast, if desired.

It will be seen that an effective, simple,

and cheap type of sprinkler has been provided by this invention.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

A sprinkler comprising a hollow body portion having a vertical and horizontal front wall adjoining each other, located Within the body portion, and closing the front end of the body portion, said body portion hav- 5 ing a rear portion adapted for attachment to a hose, and having an aperture through its horizontal Wall and an aperture through its vertical Wall positioned so that streams of Water are projected outwardly from such Walls and direct each other to form a diffused spray, an,arcuate flange adjacent the aperture in the vertical Wall and projecting forwardly therefrom over a portion of the aperture in the horizontal wall to prevent rearward discharge of the spray, and a pair of outwardly and downwardly extending legs integral With the body portion and terminating in bearing feet.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoo and State of Wisconsin.

' GUY E. W. EGK. 

